#B59833#B59833

#B59833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59833
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -0.10, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 54.54, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0054 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.121 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8835, 32.5210, 7.7818)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59833 #3350B5

analogous

#B55733 #B59833 #91B533

triadic

#B59833 #33B598 #9833B5

tetradic

#B59833 #33B557 #3350B5 #B53391

square

#B59833 #33B557 #3350B5 #B53391

split-complementary

#B59833 #3391B5 #5733B5

monochromatic

#564818 #857026 #B59833 #CFB456 #DDC986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B59833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59833

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59833	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb671',
    500: '#b59833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59833;
$custom-light: #cfb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59833

secondary

#7D8EC6

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59833

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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